Some of the foods that we eat every day have facts that we didn’t even know about it. 

And despite checking food packets and really looking closely into what we eat, we miss out these facts for two reasons. One: they don’t come in food packages and it details, for instance, fresh fruits. Two: we don’t pay close attention to it. 

Foodnerd has gathered 10 food facts that will surely surprise you.

10: BANANAS ARE BERRIES

How many of you knew it? Scientifically speaking, it’s actually a fact that Bananas belongs to the berry family. 

The most common belief is that strawberries and raspberries originate from berry family but to your surprise, they do not actually belong to berry family. 

There’s a scientific reason behind it. You can read it in detail here

BTW pumpkins are berries. Let’s move to our next food fact. 

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09: KETCHUP AS A MEDICINE

Yes, you read it right. Back in 1834, Dr. John Cooke added tomatoes to ketchup. 

Earlier, ketchup was made up of mushroom or fish. After introducing tomatoes, Dr. John Cooke claimed that tomato ketchup can cure Diahrea, indigestion, Jaundice, and Rheumatism.

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08: PEANUT BUTTER FOR NO-TEETH FOLKS

Did you know that the modern peanut butter was invented as a source of protein for people having no teeth? 

Back in the days, patients were served peanut butter as it was easy to consume and didn’t require to chew it. 

Thus it was easy for patients to get protein from peanut butter.

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07: CHEESE IS THE MOST STOLEN FOOD

One of the surprising fact in this series is definitely this one. Nearly 4% off all cheese made around the world get stolen. 

In fact, there is a black market of stolen cheeses but we didn’t tell you that. 

It’s not just professional thieves but consumers are also stealing it wedge by wedge.

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06: LOBSTERS AND OYSTER USED TO BE SERVANTS FOOD

Back in the days, lobsters and oysters were considered just sea insects and often were chucked back into the sea or was served to servants as it wasn’t considered worth for human consumption. 

There used to be a law on how much lobster you can serve to prisoners as too much of it was considered cruel. 

Fast forward today, now people pay hand over fist to restaurants to taste this food.

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05: McDonald’s Hamburgers

McDonald’s sells 75 hamburgers every second that’s whopping millions of hamburgers a year. 

These astounding figures come from more than 36,000 outlets spreading across 120 countries and serve 68 million customers each day, which is more than the population of the UK.

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04: HEALTHY FOOD COST MORE THAN JUNK FOOD

One of the most unfortunate food facts is that, in some developed countries, the cost of green food in almost 10x times more expensive than fast food. 

Countries like Britan facing obesity issue which has resulted in talks about levies and taxes on junk food. 

Talk about Obesity crisis, the reason is obviously expensive healthy food.

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03: HONEY FOREVER

Did you know that honey is the only food that has an eternal shelf life? 

No matter what, pure honey will never rot or go bad as long as you live. However, honey is a super-food, but it isn’t supernatural. If you leave it out unsealed in an open environment or add water to it, it will spoil.

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02: BLACK PEPPER WAS A LUXURY

Pepper is literally everywhere but it wasn’t always the case. In the Middle Ages, spices were so expensive that they were used to pay rent and taxes. 

Portugal's Vasco de Gama became the first person to travel from Africa to India whose sole purpose was to look for spices.

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01: 25% OF WORLD”S HAZELNUT IS USED FOR NUTELLA

Who doesn’t love Nutella? Nutella has become such a popular brand that 1 in 4 of every hazelnut on this planet makes its way to the Nutella Jar. 

The demand is increasing every year and universities labs are producing hazelnut to meet the shortages. 

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